Black Breastfeeding Week and Brittany’s Story
by Brittany Brown Marsh My breastfeeding journey with Maxine started nearly two years ago. TWO YEARS! I decided to breastfeed years before I was pregnant. I used to work at…
A 14 year old girl’s thoughts on breasts, breastfeeding, sex appeal, and society.
Body image, self-esteem, sexuality, and navigating society are all major issues for teens. A 14 year old girl shares her perspective on those issues and her thoughts about breasts, breastfeeding, and possible future motherhood.
7 Risks To Feeding Your Child- You’re Screwed No Matter What
Congrats, you have a kid! Now what to feed it. Breastfeeding? Expressed breastmilk? Formula? Don’t worry, whatever you decide there are a few unavoidable, scary sounding risks. Welcome to parenting.
Sitting in the dirt- the simplicity of (breastfeeding) support
by Jessica Martin-Weber I first noticed her as I knelt to read what one of the little students in my workshop had scratched into the dirt. Exploring language together, we…
Breastfeeding and thinking of others
Is breastfeeding in public a like of human decency? Are the mommy wars what parents are really battling every day?
Changing for the breast? A 14 year old shares her views on breasts, breastfeeding, sex appeal, and society.
In some ways we have come so far in how women are treated and viewed in society but in other ways women, particularly mothers, are dismissed as their real value being only in their appeal to the opposite sex. I wonder if we’ve lost something. Then I wonder what that means for me and I’m only 14 years old.
